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- 1850 Federal Census of Northern District, Sampson County, North Carolina
Thomas A Bass - 65 - Male - North Carolina - Laborer
Lucrecia - 49 - Female - North Carolina - Wife
The Heritage of Wayne County, North Carolina, 1982
Richard Bass
Richard Bass, son of Andrew Bass of Craven and Dobbs County, was born about 1725 in that part of Craven County, North Carolina that later became Dobbs and then Wayne County. He soon accumulated quite a bit of property and land in Wayne County. In the 1769 Tax List for Dobbs County, he owned several slaves and in the 1790 census of Wayne County, he owned 28 slaves. He inherited land from his father, received several grants from the Governor, and bought several tracts of land in Wayne County.
Richard was one of the trustees to help establish the town of Waynesboro in Wayne County on the land of his brother, Dr. Andrew Bass, in 1787. He was active in the Revolutionary War and fought for the freedom of his country.
He is thought to have married Sarah McKinnie of Wayne County.
On November 17, 1791, “For love and consideration for his beloved grandchildren, Uriah and Thomas A. Bass, orphans of Andrew Bass, Jr., deceased, “gave two tracts of land in Wayne County, on east side Falling Creek and Brooks Swamp and the Upper side of Long Marsh, four plantations, and the plantation whereon Andrew Bass, Jr. formerly lived.
Richard is known to have had several children, viz; Edward, Andrew Jr., Uriah, Elizabeth, and Sarah Bass, and Thomas Bass. There may be others.
Gladys Barwick Weeks
The Heritage of Wayne County, North Carolina (1982)
Andrew Bass, Jr.
Andrew Bass Jr., son of Richard Bass and Sarah McKinnie, was born about 1751 in Wayne County, North Carolina, in what was formerly Dobbs County. He died in Wayne County in 1790 or 91. He married Kiddy, last name unknown, and had five children. After the death of Kiddy, he married Christian and had two children.
He owned several tracts of land in Wayne County on both sides of Neuse River. After the death of Andrew, Jr., Christian married William Bennett.
John Smith was appointed guardian for his children at his death, later Henry Stevens was appointed guardian for Thomas Alexander Bass until his twenty-first birthday.
Children of Andrew Bass, Jr. were: Ann Bass born about 1770. She married Holland.
Elizabeth Bass was born November 8, 1772. She married April 23, 1807 in Johnston County, North Carolina to Henry Stevens, M.D., son of Jacob Stevens and Belinda Jernigan.
Sally Bass married Admiral John Thompson.
Uriah Bass was born about 1776 in Wayne County. He married Sarah Green, born 1777, died 1846, the daughter of Colonel Joseph Green and Sarah Whitfield of Wayne County, North Carolina.
Thomas Alexander Bass, born 1785 in Wayne County, died about 1876 in Sampson County, North Carolina. He married 1st, Ferebe Thornton, 2nd, Lucretia.
John Bass, son of Andrew, Jr. and Christian, was born in Wayne County, North Carolina after 1786.
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Bassett Family Association Database
Abt 1785 - Abt 1876 (91 years)